(22 Jun 2023 SCMP)
Almost all of Hong Kong’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles continue to be thrown away, rather than recycled, despite plastic recovery schemes. Less than one per cent were recycled in 2019, the latest year for which discrete PET figures are available, with the bulk – about 121 tonnes a day – ending up in a landfill. Many such plastic bottles are simply dumped on our beaches and nature trails, polluting our environment.
〈Hong Kong must up the stakes to stop recyclable plastic bottles from ending up in landfills〉這篇文章最早發佈於《The Green Earth》。